Lady Panthers Win Academic Award
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women’s volleyball team is among 77 Division III women’s volleyball teams in the nation to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Team Academic Award for the 2008-09 season.
“This is a testament to the team’s hard work,” said head women’s volleyball coach Tina Phillips. “They are always looking to excel on and off the court, and I am very proud of each of their efforts and our program. It’s a great award.”
The award honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that display excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.3 cumulative team grade-point average.
Nationwide, only 22 percent of Division III women’s volleyball teams earned the award. Pitt-Bradford was one of 20 Division III schools named to the list for the first time.
Students on the 2008-09 team were Ashley Wenger, a freshman from Lancaster; Jackie Podrasky, a sophomore from Medina, Ohio; Tabitha Ryan, a junior from Albion; Alisha Wisel, a sophomore from Troy; Michelle Sink, a sophomore from Kane; Laura Long, a freshman from Pittsfield; Jen Cole, a senior from Cyclone; Amanda Groth, a junior from Macedonia; Audrey Wenger, a freshman from Lancaster; Sarah Dwyer, a junior from Warren; and Cari Olewinski, a freshman from Wilcox.
“This is a testament to the team’s hard work,” said head women’s volleyball coach Tina Phillips. “They are always looking to excel on and off the court, and I am very proud of each of their efforts and our program. It’s a great award.”
The award honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that display excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.3 cumulative team grade-point average.
Nationwide, only 22 percent of Division III women’s volleyball teams earned the award. Pitt-Bradford was one of 20 Division III schools named to the list for the first time.
Students on the 2008-09 team were Ashley Wenger, a freshman from Lancaster; Jackie Podrasky, a sophomore from Medina, Ohio; Tabitha Ryan, a junior from Albion; Alisha Wisel, a sophomore from Troy; Michelle Sink, a sophomore from Kane; Laura Long, a freshman from Pittsfield; Jen Cole, a senior from Cyclone; Amanda Groth, a junior from Macedonia; Audrey Wenger, a freshman from Lancaster; Sarah Dwyer, a junior from Warren; and Cari Olewinski, a freshman from Wilcox.
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